Job Description
Director of Operations
Our client is a well-established and rapidly growing construction organization with a strong reputation for delivering complex commercial projects. Known for its commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement, the business offers a collaborative environment where senior leaders are empowered to make a meaningful impact on both project delivery and long-term strategic growth.
Job Description
Reporting directly to senior leadership, the Director of Operations will be responsible for leading operational performance across multiple projects and locations while supporting company-wide growth initiatives.
- Provide leadership, mentorship, and development for operational and project teams
- Oversee multiple concurrent projects, ensuring safety, quality, schedule, and financial objectives are achieved
- Drive process improvements and operational efficiencies to support scalability and growth
- Implement and optimize operational technology, reporting systems, and best practices
- Establish, monitor, and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to improve accountability and decision-making
- Lead forecasting, budgeting, resource planning, procurement, and operational reporting activities
- Partner closely with leadership, finance, project management, and field operations teams to mitigate risk and enhance profitability
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.
The Successful Applicant
For the Senior MEP Project Manager we are seeking:
- Proven leadership experience within commercial construction, building services, or MEP-focused project environments
- Strong track record managing multiple projects, teams, and operational functions simultaneously
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial performance management, and resource planning
- Demonstrated success implementing process improvements and operational excellence initiatives
- Strong understanding of project delivery, risk management, quality control, and safety standards
- Experience utilizing construction management software, reporting platforms, and operational technologies
- Exceptional communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to travel throughout the Southeast region as required
What's on Offer
- Competitive base salary starting from $150,000+
- Regional project exposure across a diverse portfolio
- Long-term career progression within a growing organization
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Per Diem
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Austin, Texas |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $150,000–$180,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://www.michaelpage.ca/ |
About Company
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
Our business was established in Canada in 2005 when we opened our Toronto office. Our role is to work with employers and job seekers to facilitate a successful match. This can range from advising a global company on a candidate sourcing strategy to helping a job seeker find their dream job.
In Canada, we focus on recruiting for the following areas:
Banking and financial services
Digital and e-commerce
Engineering and manufacturing
Finance and accounting
Human resources
Information technology
Marketing
Oil and gas
Procurement and supply chain
Property and construction
Sales
An Established Brand
The Group has established a leading presence in many of the key markets for professional recruitment around the world and has positioned itself in certain other markets, which offer the opportunity for future growth. Within its current largest markets, Michael Page has also built a regional presence, including in the UK, France and Australia. Consequently, the Michael Page brand is among the most widely recognized brands in the professional recruitment industry.
A Market Leader
The role of a recruitment consultancy is to act as an intermediary, identifying and sourcing suitably qualified candidates on behalf of its clients. Candidates are recruited either for permanent or contract positions (typically for a fixed term) or on a temporary basis. Within the overall recruitment industry, the market for professional recruitment services is a specialist sector which has developed more recently. Michael Page is widely recognized as leading the development of this market around the world.
Learn the benefits of working with Michael Page yourself. Submit your resume or contact a Michael Page recruitment consultant today.
Skills
- Best Practicesunmatched
- Budgetingunmatched
- Commercial Constructionunmatched
- Constructionunmatched
- Construction Industry Softwareunmatched
- Construction Managementunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Financeunmatched
- Financial Managementunmatched
- Forecastingunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP)unmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Multitaskingunmatched
- Operational Improvementunmatched
- Operational Strategyunmatched
- Operational Supportunmatched
- Operations Planningunmatched
- Performance Analysisunmatched
- Performance Metricsunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Procurement Planningunmatched
- Profit & Lossunmatched
- Project Developmentunmatched
- Project Trackingunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Quality Controlunmatched
- Risk Managementunmatched
- Safety Standardsunmatched
- Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Willing to Travelunmatched
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